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Were You a Judy Blume Enthusiast or a Babysitters Club Nerd?

In today's Washington Post, book critic Jonathan Yardley extols the virtues of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House books as part of "An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past." Though I was never personally a fan of all those Prairie books (they were kind of boring and unsexy for my tastes. Where was the talk of making out and menses??), the article got me thinking about the kinds of books I loved as a tween. I asked the other Jezebels what books they read under the covers in their pre-teen years. Anonymous Lobbyist and I were closet Greek mythology lovers (I particularly loved D'Aulaires). Tracie was obsessed with V.C. Andrews, Moe was into Ray Bradbury, Dodai loved Kurt Vonnegut, and we all were into old standbys like Judy Blume and the Babysitters Club. More »

2:00 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Jessica
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Latest by n/a: @MakeMeSmile: I ate dinner while reading, too (until my mother made me put the book down)!!! I also read while walking, and if I cleaned up my room I would get the "reward" of being driven to the library! more »